# RMagick src install on Cygwin?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-src-install-on-cygwin/124228>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 26, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-src-install-on-cygwin/124228 "2007-12-26T19:06:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![MSMSPeters](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MSMSPeters](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MSMSPeters)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-src-install-on-cygwin/124228/1 "2007-12-26T19:06:40Z")

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Hi:

Has anyone had success installing RMagick on Cygwin? I’m having an issue  
with RMagick seeing my fonts:

PreserveAspectRatio.rb:204  
post-setup.rb: PreserveAspectRatio.rb  
example returned error code 256  
/usr/bin/ruby -I  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.7/./lib -I  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.7/./ext/RMagick RotateScale.rb  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rmagick-1.15.7/./lib/rvg/misc.rb:321:in  
`get_type_metrics': unable to read font`/usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType/verdana.ttf’  
(Magick::ImageMagickError)

Instead of ImageMagick, I’m using GraphicsMagick, which shouldn’t be an  
issue. At one point I used both and still had trouble.

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**Author:** ![MSMSPeters](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MSMSPeters](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MSMSPeters)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-src-install-on-cygwin/124228/2 "2007-12-26T22:16:36Z")

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M. M. Peters wrote:

> /usr/bin/ruby -I

Try this command from a shell prompt:

convert label:abcdef test.gif

If you get the “unable to read font” message, report the problem to the  
ImageMagick forum.